The Arctic Council held its eighth meeting in Kiruna, Sweden this past week. While news headlines covering results of the meeting have focused on the observer status position that China, India, Italy, Japan, Singapore and South Korea were granted – as well as the adoption of the Council’s Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution... more →
Writing at The Dominion, Sean Pittman looks beyond mainstream media myopia to discover the indigenous reality in Mali and the conflicting interests of Western powers that invaded the country earlier this year... more →
The flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland may look very different in the near future, as Northern Ireland and Scotland proceed toward reunification and independence, but for Wales — whose flag is not part of the UK flag design, devolution of powers from Westminster to Cardiff is unlikely to lead... more →
As noted in this discussion at First Perspective, there is a spiritual side of Idle No More. The rejection of consumption in favor of creation, it can be argued, is the driving force behind this social justice campaign... more →
As China and Canada compete to plunder the copper and gold of the Amazon, South American politicians like Ecuador’s President Correa promote a new era of indigenous genocide alongside ecocide. Destroying the rivers and biodiversity of areas like the Condor in order to supply luxury commodities to Asia and North America, while exemplifying all that... more →
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